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Dragon’s Crown has received a new trailer and screens courtesy of Atlus. It’s a beautifully-drawn scrolling beat-em-up set in a fantasy world similar to Dungeons & Dragons. It’s like if Final Fight and Game of Thrones had babies.

Persona 4 Arena may have zoned in on its European release date. Possibly. In an update on the Persona Europe Facebook page, publisher Zen United announced the Xbox 360 version is going through Microsoft’s submission process.

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner – Soul Hackers is known for many things. First, it has a very long name, and second it was never released in the West, while Japanese gamers got to play it on Saturn back in 1997. Well cheer up disgruntled fan, it’s hitting Nintendo 3DS in Spring 2013 courtesy of […]

Catherine and Persona have both received the eBook treatment on Sony’s PlayView app in Japan, along with a third book dedicated to the works of artist Shigenori Soejima. All three books feature plenty of finished art, early concepts and insight from their creators. Check out pricing and screens below.

From Software has released 15 new screenshots for Dark Souls: Artorias of the Abyss Edition, which is going to be sold in the west as Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition for PC. It’ll come bundled with the upcoming Artorias of the Abyss downloadable content pack. The package will release in Japan on October 25 […]

With spiritual successor Dark Souls gearing up for a sequel from Namco Bandai Games, Atlus USA have confirmed that they’ll be continuing to operate the servers for hardcore action RPG Demon’s Souls into 2012.

Zeno Clash: Ultimate Edition is nearly upon us. With a newly announced release date, the lauch pad is nearly clear for take-off. Except for one thing: the game’s price. We asked Atlus about that little detail, and here’s what the publisher told us.

Have you ever wanted to headbutt a bird person who might be your mother in the face? …Seriously? You have? Sorry. Your response just took us by surprise, is all. Well, come May 5 – even if you don’t own a gaming PC that’s achieved sentience – you’ll be able to.

Media-Create’s released the latest software charts in Japan with, surprise surprise, Pokemon topping the billing. It sold over 165k units sold, with over 2 million units sold this year. Uncharted 2 entered the charts respectively enough, selling over 54k. Full list is after the jump. From Exaimner.

Dragon’s Crown has received a new trailer and screens courtesy of Atlus. It’s a beautifully-drawn scrolling beat-em-up set in a fantasy world similar to Dungeons & Dragons. It’s like if Final Fight and Game of Thrones had babies.

Persona 4 Arena may have zoned in on its European release date. Possibly. In an update on the Persona Europe Facebook page, publisher Zen United announced the Xbox 360 version is going through Microsoft’s submission process.

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner – Soul Hackers is known for many things. First, it has a very long name, and second it was never released in the West, while Japanese gamers got to play it on Saturn back in 1997. Well cheer up disgruntled fan, it’s hitting Nintendo 3DS in Spring 2013 courtesy of […]

Catherine and Persona have both received the eBook treatment on Sony’s PlayView app in Japan, along with a third book dedicated to the works of artist Shigenori Soejima. All three books feature plenty of finished art, early concepts and insight from their creators. Check out pricing and screens below.

From Software has released 15 new screenshots for Dark Souls: Artorias of the Abyss Edition, which is going to be sold in the west as Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition for PC. It’ll come bundled with the upcoming Artorias of the Abyss downloadable content pack. The package will release in Japan on October 25 […]

With spiritual successor Dark Souls gearing up for a sequel from Namco Bandai Games, Atlus USA have confirmed that they’ll be continuing to operate the servers for hardcore action RPG Demon’s Souls into 2012.

Zeno Clash: Ultimate Edition is nearly upon us. With a newly announced release date, the lauch pad is nearly clear for take-off. Except for one thing: the game’s price. We asked Atlus about that little detail, and here’s what the publisher told us.

Have you ever wanted to headbutt a bird person who might be your mother in the face? …Seriously? You have? Sorry. Your response just took us by surprise, is all. Well, come May 5 – even if you don’t own a gaming PC that’s achieved sentience – you’ll be able to.

Media-Create’s released the latest software charts in Japan with, surprise surprise, Pokemon topping the billing. It sold over 165k units sold, with over 2 million units sold this year. Uncharted 2 entered the charts respectively enough, selling over 54k. Full list is after the jump. From Exaimner.

No one owns Demon’s Souls yet. No one. The game doesn’t release for another few days. Procurring an early copy is impossible. Even if you’re the President. But, hypothetically, if you’ve somehow managed to weasel your way into a copy of Demon’s Souls before its release date, Atlus would like you to know that the […]

Atlus just sent over a note telling us that Persona PSP’s digital release won’t be making its originally scheduled date. Instead, it’ll be ready to go a week after the game’s September 22 retail release. “While we’d previously announced that a digital version would be available at launch (on 9/22) along with the retail UMD […]

Details on Persona 3 PSP’s downsized upgrade are finally* starting to roll in, and the game’s looking like much more than a simple port. Most notably, all that female main character jazz is choice-driven. At the game’s outset, you decide rather you want to be a soft-skinned, purty-lookin’ Japanese girl or a boy who, well, […]

We’re pretty sure it’s still a game, though – and by the looks of things, a damn good one. Siliconera opened up their Nihongonomicon and gave us the scoop. According to a translated listing from Japanese retailer Rakuten, Persona’s PSP edition will include new animated movies, a soundtrack rearranged by Persona 3’s composer, and new […]

See here. Atlus is to release Japanese all-girl fighter Arcana Heart for PS2 on April 8. The game looks the right side of awesome, and features 11 lady fighting types “battling to prevent a power-hungry woman from destroying the world”. Aren’t we all. There’s no detail on a European launch.

The PS2, Koei-published JRPG Shin Megami Tensai: Persona 3 has been given a 10 in OPS magazine in the UK and will ship in Europe in February, Koei confirmed this morning. The game sees the player surviving a year in a school “plagued by creatures of the night”. Blimey. Naoki Katashima, Executive VP of KOEI […]